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VICTORIA — Two BC Ferries vessels joined rescue efforts in Georgia Strait Sunday as a small boat began taking on water east of Nanaimo. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria said the 6.5-metre vessel ran into trouble just after 4 p.m.

VICTORIA — A minister who served in a former British Columbia NDP government, and whose wife now serves in the current one, has died. The New Democrat B.C.

Vancouver Coastal Health says people who visited a strip club earlier this week may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus. The agency is warning of a possible exposure to COVID-19 to people who were at Brandi's Exotic Show Lounge between 9 p.m.

VANCOUVER — Flood watches have been posted for the upper Fraser and South Thompson rivers. The B.C. River Forecast Centre says heavy rainfall in parts of the central and eastern Interior over the past week prompted the flood watches.

VICTORIA — A man is in custody and police in Victoria say it's lucky no one was hurt after the owner of a pickup was taken on a rough ride through the city while trying to stop the theft of his vehicle.

VANCOUVER — Advocacy groups are questioning the validity of a Vancouver police board review of street checks after an incident reported by its authors didn't make it into the final copy.

VICTORIA — A second teacher has tested positive for COVID-19 in British Columbia but provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says no students were exposed.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it is moving to protect residents and seasonal workers from COVID-19 while ensuring the temporary labourers have a safe place to stay as they work in orchards and fields this summer.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — RCMP say a man was injured Tuesday night in Kamloops, British Columbia, after police were called to a disturbance in the city that turned out to be unfounded.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A former British Columbia inmate is suing the provincial government and two correctional officers for psychological harm, alleging his calls of help for a fellow inmate were ignored. Gordon Hansen alleges in a B.C.